Guam Census 2000
The total population count for Guam
in the 2000 Census was 154,805 persons, as released by the U.S. Bureau of the
Census in June 2001. While 2000 census reported a 16 percent increase over
1990, there was a 10 percent decline when compared to the rate of growth between
the 1980 and 1990 censuses.

Chamorros remained the largest
ethnic group (57,297) and showed an increase of 14.7 percent, followed by
Filipinos (40,729) which increased by 35.6 percent between 1990 and 2000.
Although respondents of Micronesian descent increased by even larger
percentages, these groups accounted for about 8 percent of the total
population. A major factor for the 45.2 percent decline in Whites or
Caucasians in the population included federal downsizing, privatization, and
military base closures in the mid 1990s.

In 2000, Guam's southern region
experienced a 2 percent decline, while the population in the island's northern
and central regions increased by 29 and 11 percent, respectively. Military
related population has dramatically decreased from 22,178 (active duty personnel
and dependents in 1992, to 11,625 in 2000). Natural disasters affecting
the rise and fall of Guam's population numbers over the last decade included
Typhoon Omar in 1992, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake in 1993, and Super Typhoon Paka
in 1997. The economic crisis in Japan in 1990s, the prolonged Asian
economic recession, and declines in annual visitor arrivals in the latter part
of the decade slowed the island's economy and accounted for fluctuations in both
in and out migration to the island.

Table POP01. Population and Percent Change, 1990 and 2000

Election
Districts

Population

Percentage
Change

2000

1990

1980

1990-2000

1980-1990

GUAM

154,805

133,152

105,979

16.3%

20.4%

Agana
Heights

3,940

3,646

3,284

8.1%

9.9%

Agat

5,656

4,960

3,999

14.0%

19.4%

Asan

2,090

2,070

2,034

1.0%

1.7%

Barrigada

8,652

8,846

7,756

-2.2%

12.3%

Chalan
Pago/Ordot

5,923

4,451

3,120

33.1%

29.9%

Dededo

42,980

31,728

23,644

35.5%

25.5%

Hagatna

1,100

1,139

896

-3.4%

21.3%

Inajaran

3,052

2,469

2,059

23.6%

16.6%

Mangilao

13,313

10,483

6,840

27.0%

34.8%

Merizo

2,163

1,742

1,663

24.2%

4.5%

Momgmong/Toto/Maite

5,845

5,845

5,245

0.0%

10.3%

Piti

1,666

1,827

2,866

-8.8%

-56.9%

Santa
Rita

7,500

11,857

9,183

-36.7%

22.6%

Sinajana

2,853

2,658

2,485

7.3%

6.5%

Talofofo

3,215

2,310

2,006

39.2%

13.2%

Tamuning

18,012

16,673

13,580

8.0%

18.6%

Umatac

887

897

732

-1.1%

18.4%

Yigo

19,474

14,213

10,359

37.0%

27.1%

Yona

6,484

5,338

4,228

21.5%

20.8%

Note: Includes non-immigrant aliens and
members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their dependents living on post.

Table POP02. Housing Units and Percent Change,
1990 and 2000

Election
Districts

Housing Units

Percentage
Change

2000

1990

1980

1990-2000

1980-1990

GUAM

38,769

35,223

28,249

10.1%

24.7%

Agana
Heights

1,058

1,008

971

5.0%

3.8%

Agat

1,298

1,300

990

-0.2%

31.3%

Asan

552

620

589

-11.0%

5.3%

Barrigada

2,097

2,140

1,930

-2.0%

10.9%

Chalan
Pago/Ordot

1,573

1,047

738

50.2%

41.9%

Dededo

10,016

7,541

5,558

32.8%

35.7%

Hagatna

268

416

384

-35.6%

8.3%

Inajaran

644

553

455

16.5%

21.5%

Mangilao

3,190

2,699

2,067

18.2%

30.6%

Merizo

471

469

398

0.4%

17.8%

Momgmong/Toto/Maite

1,633

1,742

1,490

-6.3%

16.9%

Piti

474

554

503

-14.4%

10.1%

Santa
Rita

1,780

2,343

2,253

-24.0%

4.0%

Sinajana

742

712

619

4.2%

15.0%

Talofofo

738

548

445

34.7%

23.1%

Tamuning

5,953

6,296

4,788

-5.4%

31.5%

Umatac

162

188

147

-13.8%

27.9%

Yigo

4,634

3,686

2,989

25.7%

23.3%

Yona

1,745

1,361

1,026

28.2%

32.7%

Source: Census and Population Section,
Department of Commerce, Government of Guam.